Why Does My Heart Race After I Eat? (If you have POTS, you know the feeling.) This isn’t just in your head. Let’s talk why this happens and what you can do about it. What’s Going On When you eat, your body diverts blood to your digestive tract — a normal process called postprandial splanchnic circulation. But in POTS, your autonomic nervous system struggles to balance that shift. ➡️ Blood pools in the abdomen ➡️ Not enough makes it back to your heart and brain ➡️ Your body compensates by ramping
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Why Does My Heart Race After I Eat? (If you have POTS, you know the feeling.) This isn’t just in your head. Let’s talk why this happens and what you can do about it. What’s Going On When you eat, your body diverts blood to your digestive tract — a normal process called postprandial splanchnic circulation. But in POTS, your autonomic nervous system struggles to balance that shift. ➡️ Blood pools in the abdomen ➡️ Not enough makes it back to your heart and brain ➡️ Your body compensates by ramping
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